Lace edging.



M. N. AARON.

LACE EDGING. APPLICATION FILED, JUNE 9, I915.

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M. N. AARON.

LACE EDGING. APPLICATION F ILED JUNE 9,1915- Pzitented Nov. 1916.

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PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB T0 FRIEDBERGER- AARON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A GOR- PORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

LACE EDGING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Nov. '7, 1916.

Application filed June 9, 1915. Serial No. 33,013.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MAX N. AARON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lace Edgings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a lace edging adapted for use as a pocket edging and also as a binding and is intended more particularly for applicationto'ladies underwear.

The so-called pocket edging usually comprises a closely knit or woven backing of uniform texture connecting opposite sewing-on edges, which are also connected by pairs of transversely extending threads disconnected from the backing and through which a ribbon may be interlaced in the well-known manner. Examples of such pocket edgings, provided with an ornamental border of special design, are to be found in the Goodman patent of July 2, 1912, No. 1,030,996, and the Goodman design patents of July 9, 1912, Nos. 42,740; 42,741; 42,742; 42,743; 42,744; 42,745 and 42,746.

The object ofmy invention is to provide a lace edging which may be sewed along its edge to the garment in such manner as to perform the function of a pocket edging but in which the cross-threads or pillarbars will lie more flat and resist tendency to distortion and in which the joinder of opposite ends, where the edging is sewed around the neck of the garment, and the slippage of the ribbon therethrough in the process of tying oppos'te ends-together, will be facilitated; while at the same time adapting the edging for use as a bindin The invention will be understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, which show a preferred embodiment of the invention and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of edging before folding. Fig. 2 shows a portion of edging on a garment and Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sections through edging, showing, diagrammatically, different forms of use. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail plan View which may comprlse a of a small section of the edging of'Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a section through the fabric of Fig. 5. 7

The particular design of fabric is unimportant GXCGPt'SO far as the presence of certain structural features thereof impart a peculiar general appearance to the fabric. These features are: (1) a sewing-on edge a double line of chain stitches united by short and fine transverse threads; (2) a series of pairs of transverse threads 6, forming pillar bars spanning a ribbon-space through which a ribbon may be interlaced in' the well-known manner; (3) an ornamental strip 0 which, ing longitudinally along an intermediate part of thefabric, forms, in use, an ornamental tip or border, as will be hereinafter described; (4) a comparatively closely and uniformly knit or woven section or backing d; and (5) a sewing-on edge'e, which may be similar to the edge a. The backing 05 should be united to the tip 'or border 6 in such manner that the backing will readily fold back upon the parts 0 and b, and the two sewingon edges 64 and e be brought in register. When the edges a and e are sewed to the edge of the garment w, as shown in Fig. 4, a pocket is formed to receive loops of a ribbon y.

One way of hinging together sections 0 and d is to sew to, or include in, the edge of the tip or border 0 a line of stitches f provided with loops 9 through which extend loops 7:. of the backing d. By causing all the loops'h to enter and emerge from the under side of loops 9,. the backing readily and naturally folds over. The tip or border 0 may be composed of a plurality of lines of chain stitches which are sewed to and underlie a plurality of rows of loops, one row of which may be integral with the transverse threads 1) whose opposite ends are bound by the inner row of stitches ofthe sewing on edge a. w v

It will, of course, be understood that the specific construction, as I have described it, necessarily produces a specific design appearance, which is not, however, necessary to an embodiment of my invention. The

the backing, the

ornamental tip or border,

and the sewing-on edges, the pillar-bars,-

while extendmanner of connectingv the parts, may all'be varied and interconnected in a manner different from the edging herein shown and described, which is merelyillustrative.

Instead 'of applying the' edging in the manner shown in Fig. 3, it may be applied as a binding in the manner shown in Fig.4; In this manner of use, it performs the function of an ordinarybinding and'al'so accoininodates a ribbon, if desired, i 4 The specific edging shown in the drawings is a knitted fabric,although .it will be under- .stood that edgings of. similarcharacter are sometimes woven on a certain type of loom. My invention, therefore, is not restricted to a knitted fabric. a v t .7 Having now fully described my invention, what I. claim and desire .to protect by Letters Patent is:

Hl. .A lace. edging. for garments comprising .a fabric composed of two longitudinal sec- .tions ofsubstantially equal width, interconnected loops hinging the sections together,

one section being of ajcomp'aratively close texture and having a sewing-on edge and- ,threadslunitingsaid rows, and a second longitudinal section in hinged relation to the first longitudinal section and, comprising a knitted. web adaptedfl tolbe folded over against .thefirst. section and formbetween vtheitwo sections a ribbon retaining pocket. 7 In testimony of which invention, I have .hereuntoset my hand, at Philadelphia, on

this 8th day of June, 1915.

- MAX N. AARON.

Witnesses E. M. W'HiLIAMsoiI, W. F. KEEGAN.

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